criminy
/ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/interjection
criminy is spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, criminy means “Expressing surprise or impatience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in criminy?
| Letters | 7: C-R-I-M-I-N-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is criminy?
Criminy appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce criminy?
- /ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/
- /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.ni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of criminy
- crimine
- crimini
- crimony
- by criminy
- crimany
- crimeny
- crimmini
- criminny
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does criminy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Expressing surprise or impatience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does criminy come from?
Either from Italian crimine (“crime”), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (in reference to the silver that Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (which was recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First attested in the 1680s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).